Behind the Disappearances: Argentina's Dirty War Against Human Rights and the United Nations

Drawing on confidential Argentinian documents and memoranda, Behind the Disappearances documents a seven—year diplomatic war by one of the twentieth century's most brutal regimes. It relates how, starting in 1976, Argentina's military government tried to cripple the UN's human rights machinery in an effort to prevent international condemnation of its policy of disappearances. Initially this attempt succeeded, but in 1980—with encouragement from the Carter administration—UN officials regaine...